Review: Netgear Dual WAN ProSafe Firewall

PCWorld: Review: Netgear Dual WAN ProSafe Firewall

A review of Netgear’s ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit Firewall (FVS336G), which PC World says is “an excellent option for small businesses with fewer than 50 users that don’t need a large number of VPN connections.”

Netgear, despite its consumer roots, has been making network equipment for small and midsized businesses for years. The ProSafe FVS336G, though awkwardly named, is the result of that experience: it’s easy to install, easy to configure, and easy to manage.

The box we received contained only a power supply, but it was labeled ‘eval’ so may not have had all the pieces normally shipped with a retail unit. The lack of a manual didn’t bother us, since the system connected quickly and the administration screens are littered with context sensitive help at the touch of a question mark icon.”